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Show s :B d 0 11 :E n d ] }, ( Ex. Doc. No. 41. 489 of th •it rxtrrior !'urfnr('. From thc·~c cl ~niptions of Quarra ~nul Abo, from all on· l<·artt . of "G1:ut Quivera,' ;~nd from the· walls or th • hcHJscs, in thl' latt<•r plarc·, havin g-, ns Un·gg has :-.tatcd, the I p illli~h ('()itl or arm~ upon tlll·ir fil l' (' , Ollt' must ('OII('llld(• that th('~e buildings wt•r(> c•rt>d<'d by Spuniards, or, at 1 ·· ·~t, under th e direction of some Spa11ish padr<.'. As tht•se t't'!llains of IJ1tilding~ have· cr(•C'llt·d all 1cinds of hypothesis, -so tn(' attributing their 01i g-in to l11dians, and SCHill' to p a n i a r cl s , I h a v e t il k t•n t h t' p a i 11 s t o I n o k i 11 t o s" v l' r a I o f t l1 e m o "t ('xc·ellent histories of this country ·; surh as Solis, Migul'l Vl·nqras, and Clavig-c•ro. Yt·nt•gas stales, that in 15:38, Mt~rcos Ni;~,;t, a F1an~ ci~ran, Yisit<·d a largt• town ('alll'd d Qltivtr:~," with hou::-.l's St'V('l\ .torits high. Ag;1in, in 1Gt12, Ji'rall c;oi!' Vt~squti': Covonada marches north to th) Rio (.Jila, and then t'<l~t, to thl' grt•at <'ili•·s of "Qui- vira" aud "Axa," n<'ar the kingdom of ''Cibolo" and "'l'igut•." Pattarrax \as king- of' this r('gion; the riches of this p<•opll' ·onsistt ·d of blarl( ('attl<', (hufl'<do'?) tll'lt nr(' food, f'urnitur<·, and clothing." This !-dt]('s lht' qut· ~ tinn, that'' Quivi1a" ancl "A"a" wrre o r1 ~ 1 n a I I y In d i a n t o w 11 s. T h i s g r (' a t 1• i n g d o m o f " C i b n I o , " ( t h i s wo1d, lit t!H· pr• ·~·'<• nt. d(ly, i. used to mean buff.do,) although distant from th<• city of J\l<·xi t o, must h;lY(' bc·en known to Mont<·;~,uma, for W(' find the Spaniards ~tlllt'k with amai':('llll'nt at the sight or a singulnr Hnimal in th(• ~oolog-it·al gard(•flt; or th(' Ml'xican tnOJlar ch, !Htrh ns tl•ey had not ~('('II ud'o r '. Nor, rt('t'or,ling to y,lll<'ga~, \\as it kllo\\n in" Sonora," nr ~'long tiH· rivc·r "Uila." In Solis, this animal is thus dt·srr ilH•d: "This gn·ate~t rarity-the M('xiran bull, ha~ a lntn rh on its back likt• a c;lmc·l, its fl anks dry, it~ tail larg, nctk <·ovc•rcd with ha ir, lib• a lion; it is clovc'n·footcd, its h c;ul arrn('d l r] t' tbilt of a bull, which 11 n •sQtn bles in fit>rceJH'I:'H, with no less stn·ngth and ~1 g ility ". Wt• know, from the prt·.· c•nl habits of 1hc huffalo, th.1l it cortfinc•s its wanderings to the plains; and we knn·w, f. om V<~n<•gas nnd Solis, that it was not known in California or Me· i<'n; it mu~t, thtn, haY c:om from 1hP plains bordning- the castc•ru side of lhcsP rc•giou ·. 'o w, the Mc:xirans had a habit of g i v i n g n a m<· R t o m (• n , :- i g r r ifl C' n n t o f t h e i r a r b i c v c• m c·n l s o r <t d v enturc ·s, and llilltl<'S to plact·s, ~ignifLcant of <'V<'Jlts coun<•C'trd with thc·ir ongin, or Jnr ~omt:'lbing for wltiC'h tht·y wc·rc· rt•m:ul~..·\ulr. Thu~, the gr<'al 'J\- ;~,c·ucan JH tnc·t~ was C'allc•d "Ne~.thual·cO) otl," t lt e hungry C' o yo t I, or w o I J': " N t ·~a h 11 a I pi IIi,' 1 t h c• p r in r c fo I Wl1om Clltt' hns fa ·t(•d: l'lnd the ancic·nt narn<' of 1\!fexi<'o, "T<·noc], t i I it ll '" s I g II fi (' s (.'act It s () n :\ r () (' k . X r t is II() t t h (' n ass II III i 11 g t 0 0 m II e h ' t 0 (' 0 II c Ill d e t h ;I( 1 II (' k i II g d () rn () r " c i u 0 1 0" s i g II i 11 ( s the count1 v from wh<•ncc tl1e buff,do C'arne . . Wr ~ha ll now compare• th<· sty ! · of' arc·hil1•dur ·in Nt•w 1\f(•xico, W1th that of the <'ity of Azt('c·s. At 'l'l10s w•• now fiud houSl'S seven Rtorit·s )Jj(rh· at Acoma thr<'<' "tc,ri<'H' ;d Laguna thc·y HrP two storit·s high, <1 11 ~ built of ~tone an ti mud;'" l1ill' thos(' of Q11ivira • For tho Aztec~, in tlwir wnntlrrrngR, obst'lvt·d.at tho . rrc~(·nt. silo of 1\fl'xi<'n, 1\ rnctus that hnd Sprung !'rom 1 ho ('n•vic:O of u. ro<·k 1 fllld '.\ hrlo lookrng lll H 1 IJ.Il Ctlglo J1t ll)lllll thEI ea tus. With joy they 1HLil till!! omon, und hero budd Mc.ll.ico. |